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Over the weekend, I watched a HILARIOUS old movie, Genevieve, on late night television.

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Adjective

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Over the weekend, I watched a hilarious old movie, Genevieve, ON late night television.

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Preposition

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Over the weekend, I WATCHED a hilarious old movie, Genevieve, on late night television.

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Verb

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What does FANBOYS stand for?

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For-And-Nor-But-Or-Yet-So

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OVER the weekend, I watched a hilarious old movie, Genevieve, on late night television.

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Preposition

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What is a noun?

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A person, place, thing, or idea

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What is a pronoun?

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Something that substitutes a noun

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What is a verb?

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An action word

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What is an adjective?

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Something that describes a noun

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What is an adverb?

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A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Usually tell HOW MANY, WHEN, WHERE, HOW MUCH, AND WHY.

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What is a preposition?

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It displays the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another part of a sentence.

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What is a conjunction?

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It joins words and phrases

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The whole STORY takes place in the countryside of England, and it is very interesting.

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Noun

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IT is very good black and white movie from the 1930s 1940s.

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Pronoun

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The whole story takes place in the countryside of England, AND it is very interesting.

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Conjunction

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The WHOLE story takes place in the countryside of England, and it is very interesting.

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Adjective

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Two young couples enter THEIR cars in a road rally for fun.

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Pronoun

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Two young couples enter their cars in a road rally FOR fun.

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Conjunction

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Two young couples enter their cars in a road rally for FUN.

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Noun

20
Q

Illumination CAME from a roaring fire beneath a handsome marble mantelpiece surmounted by a gilded mirror.

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Verb

21
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EVERYONE likes eating sushi for dinner in our group.

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Pronoun

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Illumination came from a roaring fire BENEATH a handsome marble mantelpiece surmounted by a gilded mirror.

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Adverb

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Illumination came from a roaring fire beneath a handsome marble mantelpiece surmounted by a GILDED mirror.

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Adjective

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The villain hid nearby among the shadows, SO he could not be seen.

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Conjunction

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There are TOO many people who don’t graduate from high school.

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Adverb

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What is a subject?

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What the sentence is about

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What is a predicate?

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The verb in the sentence

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